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From: 7103_2622@uwovax.uwo.ca (Eric Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: MiNT
Message-ID: <7083.26fb2ce1@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 22 Sep 90 13:20:32 GMT
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> I've been reading about MiNT, and have a question.  Is it a 
> multitasking-out-of-the-box deal, or must I know how to program to 
> use it, like Micro-RTX?  Thanks for the info!

MiNT comes with some simple utilities to run programs in the background,
run two programs connected by a pipe, etc. (i.e. it's not just the
kernel, like RTX). It also comes with a (very simple!) shell with
job control and pipes. I hope people will write better stuff for it,
but in the meantime it is usable.
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